#6B23A8#6B23A8

#6B23A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.196 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B23A8
RGB	rgb(107, 35, 168)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 79.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 54.78, -57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 79.35, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.1085 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.196 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.7307, 7.1550, 37.6959)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B23A8 #60A823

analogous

#2823A8 #6B23A8 #A823A3

triadic

#6B23A8 #A86B23 #23A86B

tetradic

#6B23A8 #A82823 #60A823 #23A3A8

square

#6B23A8 #A82823 #60A823 #23A3A8

split-complementary

#6B23A8 #A3A823 #23A828

monochromatic

#2A0E43 #4B1875 #6B23A8 #8B34D5 #A866DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#6B23A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#6B23A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B23A8

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B23A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B23A8	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b23a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 35, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.196 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b67c3',
    500: '#6b23a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b23a8;
$custom-light: #9b67c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b23a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.481,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44008,
    "c": 0.19644,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B23A8

secondary

#8FC562

accent

#E83F8D

background

#FAF6FC

surface

#F3EBF8

border

#CDC6D1

text

#0F0613

muted

#7F7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B23A8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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